TEACHERS’ INTERVIEW FORM
Please answer the questions below. When you have completed the form, please email it back
to Mr. Dat Nguyen at [email protected]. Please name the file as follows:
Name: Oscar Estoa Piernas Preferred Start Date: Anytime
HCMC q6 - but willing
Date: 11-5-20 Preferred Location:
to relocate.
Skype Detail: oscarestoa Current location: HCMC
Preferred position (12-
Availability for Any day after 5:30pm
month full-time/6-month 12 months
interview: Between 10:45am 13pm
part-time):
Apollo-Junior-InterviewForm-FullName.doc (e.g.: Junior-InterviewForm-JohnSmith.doc)
A. Teaching Experience
If you do not have any teaching experience outside of that completed during your EFL certification, please
answer the questions based on the teaching practice you completed during your certification course.
1. How much EFL teaching experience you have:
Pre-EFL teaching certification? Two years
Post-EFL teaching certification? One Year
Additional Comments/Information: I Arriived on October 2017 and started to work in VASS, after the first year
where I taught grades from 6 to 9 in public schools in district 6 and in the center it was two classes of very young
learners and then a class of level B2 stundents. After that I started to work for a company called Duong Do during
this period in 2019 was when I got my TEFL certificate while working for another VASS center in Binh Tan.
2. Students Taught:
Ages:5-17
Levels: kindegarden, primary school and secondary school
Nationalities: Vietnamese
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Additional Comments/Information: I am capable of delivering lessons to adults if required
3. Courses Taught (y/n):
General English:yes Very Young Learners (3-6):yes Certification Courses (e.g.: FCE,etc.)
Business English: Young Learners (7-12):yes Pronunciation:
TOEFL / IELTS: Teens (13-17):yes Other:IU of HCMC while on VASS
Additional Comments/Information: It is true that I have not had the opportunity to given all kinds of possible
lessons, but I am willing and capable of doing it.
4. Additional Duties Performed:
(e.g.: training attended, training given, placement testing, extra-curricular activities etc.)
B. Teaching Information
If you do not have any teaching experience of young learners, please answer the questions based on your ideas.
1. What do you most enjoy about teaching and why?
I find it hard to summarize it to one, I think it is a mixture of working with children, how social the actual job is and
for now it has been my best tool to blend in with the local community.
2. What do you find most difficult about teaching and how do you handle it?
There are always difficulties, but if we try to look be objective and use a bit of left hand , all difficulties can be
handled if we give the best of us.
3. What are the aspects of good instructions in a classroom? How can you support your students’
understanding of your instructions?
I think it is very important to have rules, 1 speak english, 2 raise your hand , point at my ear when I say “listen to
the teacher please” .Once the class is in a good working environment, I try to use lots of gestures, I always ask if
they understood, and even if they say they do, I ask confirmation questions.
4. What are two of your favorite games to play with very young learners (3-6 year olds)?
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I like to play couples: with a set of cards with pictures or drawings the students did, and another set with words,
you have to put the cards on the ground so nobody can see and when you get a correct name and picture you
get a point.
Mimic: show one student a word or picture of an animal,verb,etc and that student has to use body language to
describe it to the class.
5. What are some methods you use for classroom management? Please mention the age and level of
the students you would use the methods with.
There are 3 rules.Which are repeated everyday when they are the youngest and less and less the older they are.
1 Speak English - all ages
2 Raise your hand - until they become mature enough to not need the rules repeated.
3 Still down correctly - until young learners
3 Stay focused and keep talking with your group - once group work becomes very pronounced, I stop using rule 2
6. Please provide an example of how you would differentiate between past simple and present perfect
in class.
First I would describe the uses of both:
Present Perfect:Actions that happened in the past but we do not know when or actions that started in the past
and continue in the present.
Past simple: Actions started and finished in the past or actions that happened at a stated time in the past.
I would explain this and right after provide an image or draw on the board and write sentences like.
-The bank has been robbed. -She has worked in this bank for five years (She still works there)
-He robbed the bank yesterday. -She worked in this bank for five years (Not anymore)
7. Please list two specific pronunciation problems your students had and detail how you worked with
them to overcome those difficulties.
I made dictations to make them listen to the “-S”, when there was a piece of text to read I made them read it in
plural on top traditional pronunciation exercises and me remarking the -S or explaining how do I position my
tongue.
With longer words, like vegetables I use my fingers to mark the syllables
8. How much support do you feel you might need in terms of planning?
I am flexible when it comes to planning, as I can develop everything myself or I can develop a planning based on
certain week goals, monthly goals,etc. To be more precise about this topic I need more information about the
materials that I have access to, books,touchscreens, flashcards
9. Teachers at Apollo Junior are expected to teach across a wide range of age and abilities, from VYL to
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teens, as well as specialized courses such as exam preparation. How do you feel about this?
I find it adequate.
10. Teachers at Apollo Education & Training (IH Vietnam) are contracted to attend regular training
sessions and to be observed. How do you feel about professional development?
I think that to continue learning is very important.
11. What are your future EFtL plans?
I want to continue sharpening my skills, have enriching experiences with colleagues and students and continue
to blend into the Vietnamese society.
C. Vietnam, Apollo, and Your Questions
Please use this space to ask any questions you may have about coming to live in Vietnam, work for
Apollo, or otherwise:
Just a few short questions.
Speaking goals: are they defined by the company?
Does the company like to use board and pen with very young learners? or are any alternatives ?
D. References (previous employers)
All job offers at Apollo are contingent upon receipt of satisfactory references. Please provide us with two
or more of your referees, at least one of whom is a teaching referee:
Referee:
Name: Email Address:
Referee:
Name: Email Address:
E. Passport Information
Should you be offered and accept a position with our school, we will apply for the visa on your behalf. In
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order to do so, we will need the following passport details:
Full name, as it appears on your passport, including any and all middle names:
Estoa Piernas, Oscar
DOB (e.g.: December 10, 1980): January 19, 1990
Nationality: Spanish
Passport Number: PAH236884
Additional Comments/Information:
